Ethel Barrymore Stars in Two Barrie Comedies Open Boston Run
After a 17 day closure the Hollis Street Theatre revived with Ethel Barrymore in a double bill: Alice Sit–by–the–Fire and The Twelve-Pound Look. Barrymore's Alice, Sue to Amy and mother to grown children, displays成熟 acting with wit and pathos. The Twelve-Pound Look portrays a wife reclaiming independence. Barrymore again proves superior in both pieces alongside Louise Drew and a capable company.
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Shubert
Hollis Street Theatre
Ethel Barrymore
J. M. Barrie
Miss Barrymore
Alice
Louise Drew
Amy
Miss Drew
Times
Comedienne
Charles Dalton
Frank Goldsmith
Thomas Kelly
Helen Keeman
Anita Rothe
May Galver
Alice Beresford
Boston
How to Use Corn Meal For Dry Shampooing
Mrs Rohber in Style and Fashion explains using corn meal to clean furs and scalp. Sprinkle on garment or scalp, brush out, and the powder lifts dirt and dust. Mix corn meal with amatone for a shampoo powder that refreshes roots and promotes hair growth, leaving hair soft and fluffy.
Barrymore Delights In First Night Of Two Week Engagement
The review praises Miss Barrymore for a charming performance and notes Mrs Sam Sothern as wife No 2 with cleverness while Charles Dalton plays the boorish husband. The audience applauded heartily during her first appearance as the engagement runs two weeks.
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Sam Sothern
Charles Dalton
Miss Barrymore
Frank Daniels Keeps Colonial Crowd Roaring Three Hours
Frank Daniels draws a full Colonial Theatre audience for the third week in the engagement of The Girl in the Train. His dry style of comedy and vivid expressiveness win continuous laughter. Sallie Fisher Vera Michelena lead the supporting cast with Bran son Wilson Vincent Reaney Hayden Clayton and Hodgson Hunter also featured.
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Frank Daniels
Colonial Theatre
Mr. Daniels
Sallie Fisher
Vera Michelena
Philip Branson
Edwin Wilson
Henry Vincent
James Reaney
Martin Hayden
Gilbert Clayton
Aileen Hodgson
Edna Hunter
End of the Bridge draws crowds at Castle Square Theatre
The Castle Square week starts anew with The End of the Bridge and strong public demand. Critics note lively humanity and solid acting by Mr. Craig and cast, with a seventh performance starting next Monday as long as audiences require. With Lent easing, attendances are expected to rise for afternoon and evening shows.
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Castle Square
Craig
De Wolf Hopper Opens Two Week Run At Shubert Theatre
De Wolf Hopper presents the new song comedy success A Matinee Idol at the Shubert Theatre for a two week engagement starting Monday April 17. Due to high demand for Patriots Day performances on April 19, box office hours extend 9 am to 7 pm through the week with tickets on sale starting tomorrow morning.
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Shubert Theatre
de Wolf Hopper
Shubert
Bowdoin Square Theatre Vaudeville Show Delights Audiences
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented a family vaudeville program featuring the Durands who impressed as musicians singers and dancers. Hilton and Bannon staged The Battle of Too Soon with military humor while the Tip Tap trio and Oswald Le Grand the novelty magician drew applause. Local amateurs are slated to perform Thursday night with volunteers from across the city expected on stage.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Hilton
Bannon
Harding
Joyce
Oswald le Grand
Waldron's Casino Presents Al Reeves Big Show This Week
Al Reeves headlining at Waldron's Casino with The College Tour and Conology burlesques. Andy Lewis plays Steve Hickey to strong audience reaction. Idylla Vyner leads the female cast with May Busch and others. Busch Devere Four offer a novel illustrated musical specialty.
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al Reeves
Waldron
Conology
Splendid Company
Andy Lewis
Steve Hickey
Idylla Vyner
May Busch
Dora Devere
Elsie Johnston
Alice Wards Marie Brandon
Hazel Blair
Catherine Crawford
Julia Sinclair
Miss Vyner
Edna Hill
Busch Devere
Billy the Kid at Grand Opera House Captures Audience
The Grand Opera House presents a virulent melodrama titled Billy the Kid set near the Mexican border with thrilling scenes including a hero destroying a lamp and fighting five foes. Frank Dickson stars as the title character and the crowd applauded. next, Black Patti and her company perform A Trip to Africa.
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Grand Opera House
Billy the Kid
William
Frank Dickson
Black Patti
Africa
Heaviest Massachusetts man Charley Jackson greets crowd at Austin & Stone’s
A massive audience packed Austin & Stone’s Museum as Charley Jackson of the Fat Men’s Club of New England sat in the giant chair. He weighed over 600 pounds on Brockton scales, making him the city’s heaviest man. The show featured Tom Moran, Hale Bennett trio, Flynn and Walsh in Two American Counts of No Account, Manhattan Maids, Misses Small and Walker, and new life motion pictures.
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King Pin
Charley Jackson
Fat Men’s Club
New England
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Massachusetts
Brockton
Professor Freeman
Tom Moran
Hale-Bennett
Living Pictures
Flynn
Walsh
Manhattan Maids
Hub Theatre Presents Headline Acts This Week
The Hub Theatre showcases headline acts with the dancing Mitchells in Bon Bon Buddy and other acts including the four Rivers, Dora Ronoa, and a gypsy violinist. Beginning Thursday, Westin impersonates famous men, Budd and Clare perform a comedy novelty act, and Murphy and Washburn sing and dance.
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Hub Theatre
Tremont Theatre Presents Jumping Jupiter Second Week
Richard Carle leads a large Tremont Theatre audience in Jumping Jupiter as a dermatologist who attends a wedding to discover he has two wives one legal spouse and an ex-model who adopted his name Edna Wallace Hopper stars as the ex-model with Will H. Philbrick Joseph Miron Ina Claire also in smaller yet notable roles depicting stage celebrities in showy imitations.
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Tremont Theatre
Richard Carle
Mr. Carle
Edna * Wallace’ Hopper
Will H. Philbrick
Joseph ©. Miron
Ina Claire
The Commuters At Park Theatre delightful farce in Boston
Park Theatre continues to stage The Commuters drawing large audiences in its eighth week of a Boston run. The merriment centers on urban and suburban life, offering the joys of out of town travel without its discomforts. Audiences praise the play as uproarious and the funniest ever, with many seeing it multiple times.
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Park Theatre
Boston
Majestic Theatre Sells Seats for Prince of Pilsen Revival
The Majestic Theatre opened seat sales for The Prince of Pilsen by Henry W. Savage to open next Monday evening. The Boston revival recalls the eight season-ago production with a brisk demand all day. Cast includes Jess Dandy Frances Cameron Edward Mora Walter J. Catlett Robert O Connor Wallace Berry Vera Stanley and Lillian Lawson.
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Majestic Theatre
Frances Cameron
Edward Mora
Walter J. Catlett
Robert O'Connor
Wallace Berry
Vera Stanley
Lillian Lawson
Boston Theatre Sets Farewell for Hilliard and Olcott Show
Robert Hilliard ends his Boston visit with A Fool There Was at the Boston Theatre on April 15 in his last local appearance before an eight month Pacific coast season. Chauncey Olcott arrives April 17 with Barry of Ballymore in a grand production directed by Augustus Pitou, promising lavish stage pictures and Irish life themes.
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Robert Hilliard
Boston
Mr. Hilliard
Pacific Coast
Klaw & Bré4 Langer
Chauncey Olcott
Barry
Ballymore
Mr. Olcott
Augustus Pitou
Orpheum Show Delights with Variety Acts This Week
The Orpheum offers a diverse program featuring The Watermelon Trust in a sharp act, Harry Brown and company in a Case of Divorce, ventriloquist George Lauder, Abbott and White with singing and pianologue, Helen Pingree in a comedy sketch, and the Herculeans athletic troupe among other entertainers.
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Orpheum
The
Watermelon Trust
Harry Brown
Company
George Lauder
Abbott and White
Helen Pingree
Miss Lottie Oliver Stars in Columbia Burlesque Show
Miss Lottie Oliver, Buffalo’s wrestling champion, headlines the Columbia program with The Jolly Girls Burlesquers. She defeats a rival and battles Virginia Elmore in a sensational evening bout. Stella Reininger to challenge Oliver tonight as Tony Kennedy and the cast entertain with burlettas and vaudeville sketches.
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Lottie Oliver
Buffalo
Cora Livingston
Winnie McAdams
Columbia
Virginia Elmore
Lynn
Stella Reininger
Roxbury
Miss Oliver
Tony Kennedy
Mildred Stoller
Lillian Russell
Luella Temple
Three Armstrongs
Scenic Temple Holy Week Show Delights Audiences
The Scenic Temple presents a Holy Week program featuring J. W. Myers in selected songs with dissolving views and encores. A sensational act titled Thermos Arktos uses liquid air demonstrations. A motion picture exhibit complements the program with Lenna Howe's Union Orchestra providing a pre show concert.
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J. W. Myers
Lenna Howe
Union Orchestra
Home Shampoo Boosts Hair Health with Canthrax Mix
Mae Martyn warns against commercial soaps from the Los Angeles Herald and promotes a home remedy. Dissolve a teaspoonful of canthrax in hot water to create a creamy lather that cleanses, removes dandruff, oil, and itch, leaves a glossy fluffy finish, and dries quickly.
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Mae Martyn
Los Angeles Herald
Eckmans Alterative Promises Recovery For Consumption
Advertisement urges readers to request a booklet about Eckmans Alterative cures. A testimonial from J W Kanaly claims cure of consumption after physician diagnosis. Product marketed for bronchitis asthma fever throat and lung affections with availability at Riker Jaynes stores and Houghton and Dutton Drug Dept.
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Saratoga
N. Y
J. W. Kanaly
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept
Heckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Darling of Paris tops Keith's vaudeville bill this week
At B F Keith's Theatre a remarkable pantomime The Darling of Paris staged by Signor G Molasso features 20 performers led by Mile Minor. The program also includes Louis Simon in The New Coachman Grace Gardner, Kaufman Troupe bicycle feats, Oscar Lorraine violin impersonations, and acts by Lou Anger Anna Conley Effie Conley Barry and Walford Louise Stickney Dixon and Dixon.
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B. F. Keith
Paris
Signor G. Molasso
Mile. Minor
Louis Simon
Katy
Boston
Grace Gardner
Kaufman
Oscar Lorraine
Lou Anger
Anna
Effie Conley
Barry
Walford
the Long Booth
Louise Stickney
Dog and Pony Circus
Dixon and
Dixon
Globe Theatre St Elmo stage drama praised by local critics
The Globe Theatre showed Willard Holcomb's dramatization of Augusta Evans Wilson's St Elmo last evening. Martin Alsop as St Elmo and Beatrice Worth as Edna Earl drew praise, with Lenora Bradley and Mabel Reed delivering strong support in a balanced, faithful adaptation that runs two weeks.
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Willard Holcomb
Augusta Evans Wilson
St. Elmo
Beatrice Worth
Ednar Earl
Lenora Bradley
Mabel Reed
Hammond
Will H. Nicholson
Theatre Notes Highlight St Elmo and The Virginian
The review praises a preacherlike bearing and Richard Huffman as Shadrach for delivering memorable comedy. St Elmo is set to run, followed by The Virginian on April 24, signaling a double feature and lighthearted proceedings.
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Richard Huffman
Shadrach
St. Elmo
Virginian
Abe Attell Highlights Howard Atheneum Show
The Howard Atheneum in Boston hosted featherweight champion Abe Attell who delivered an entertaining monologue drawing a large audience. The New Century Girls and many favorites impressed, with Grace Lillian and Brownie Carroll delivering standout numbers and a strong overall program.
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Boston
Howard
Abe Attell
Harry Ellsworth
Grace Lillian
Johnny Marion
Brownie Carroll
Janet Faust
Ireland
Charles Saunders
Tom Burnett
Irving Gear
Charles Wavell
Sterlings
Nelson
Millege
Glass
George Wood
Sarowski
Baker
Cambridge
Prumpkins
Germain and
Langley
Gaiety Theatre Hosts Billy WW Watson and Girls from Happyland
Billy WW Watson headlines the Gaiety Theatre with the Girls from Happyland in two burlettas, including The Gay Modiste. Watson shines in three hours of fun, supported by Joe Buckley George Garden Florence Belmont Nellie Watson Edward Rogers Margie Austin Ida Bayton and the Freeman brothers in a Paris foyer scene that drew wide admiration.
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Billy WW. Watson
Happyland
Gaiety Theatre
Watson
Grand Opera House
Paris
Mr. Watson
Joe Buckley
George Garden
Florence Belmont
Nellie Watson
Edward Rogers
Margie Austin
Ida Bayton
the Three Bannons
Freeman Brothers
Seen and Heard in Hub Hotels a Look at Visitors
Nevada city Searchlight hangs on W A Hopkins at the Verdome. he shares the origin of its name. Judge W L Putnam of Portland delays due to rheumatic fever. M A Strassburger of Brownsville notes Mexico’s tariff on corpses spurring revolts. Governor Robert P Bass arrives in Boston at Lenox Hotel. Co C Ware predicts new gold fever near Ortflamme Mine in Alleghany California. prospectors push into the Sierras.
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W. A. Hopkins
Verdome
Mr. Hopkins
W. L. Putnam
Portland
the Vendome
Mexico
M. A. Strassburger
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Strassburger
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Boston
Lenox Hotel
Co. C. Ware
Ortflamme
Alleghany
Cal
Sierras
Mr. Ware
Quincy House
California
Mike Mitchell Named Captain of Cincinnati Team
Mike Mitchell has been appointed captain of the Cincinnati team, described as a well deserved honor reflecting his leadership and performance. The move underscores his role as a key figure for the squad this season.
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Mike Mitchell
Cincinnati
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